Part 1 of Essay
A theme is being traced through the three stories of “Nights”, “Sundiata”, and “Gilgamesh”. It is the coming of age of a child or man in a story. In all of these stories, a child or man who has to face many challenges is part of coming of age. In “Nights”, the young man ha ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... have a calabash full. Help yourself, you poor woman. As for me my son knew how to walk at the age of seven and it is he who went and picked these Boabab leaves. Take them since your son is unequal to mine.” (Niane, 105). Although she gave her the leaves, she made fun of her right to her face. This enraged Sundiata and he dropped his crutches he used to walk and went and picked up a whole boabab tree and brought it to his mother’s door. This was the first part of his coming of age because ....